Soon after i 2 A.M. on the 22nd July the Coxswain of the No. 1 Life-boat Mark Lane was ! aroused and informed that signal guns 1 were being fired by the St. Nicholas Light-vessel. The crew were assembled I and the boat launched. ...
Margate, Kent.—At 1.6 early on the morning of the 20th of July, 1956, the coastguard telephoned that a fishing boat was overdue. At 1.18 the life- boat North Foreland (Civil Service No.
IT) was launched in a heavy sea, with...
Broughty Ferry, Angus.—At 7.6 in the evening of the 1st of December, 1948, during a thick fog, the super- intendent of the Tay Ferry Service telephoned that the ferry steamer Sir William High, of Dundee, was overdue on a trip from...
Courtmacsherry Harbour, Co. Cork.— At 4.30 on the afternoon of the 28th of March, 1953, a woman rang up from Harbour View to say that a rowing boat with a crew of three was on the rocks near Harbour View to the east side of Courtmacsherry...
MARCH 15TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 9.30 A.M. the coastguard reported a vessel ashore on outer Scotstoun Head, and the motor life-boat John Russell, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 9.55 A.M. A...
APRIL 27TH. - WALMER, KENT. Shortly before 6 A.M. a Kingsdown boatman reported that a steamer was ashore in Old Stairs Bay, Kingsdown. There were patches of fog, with a light south-westerly wind blowing and a smooth sea. The motor life-boat...
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 2.30 on the afternoon of the 14th of April, 1953, word was received by the coxswain that conditions at the harbour bar were dangerous. The local fishing boat Lead Us was still at sea, and at 2.40 the No. 1 life-boat...
AMONG those associated with the life- boat service on whom honours were bestowed in the New Year's Honours List were: Knight Bachelor: Mr. M. Arnet Robinson, a member of the Committee of Management and Deputy Chairman of the Port of...
Category: Awards
As reported in the Spring issue of The Lifeboat the RNLI's Director, Lt Cdr Brian Miles, was awarded the CBE in the New Years Honours List.
Lt Cdr Miles is pictured at Buckingham Palace with his award accompanied by Mrs... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
At daybreak, on I the morning of the 27th Aug., the yacht I Sulla, of London, riding at anchor in i Holknam Bay, was seen to be exhibiting ) a signal of distress. There was a heavy ) gale from the north blowing at the time, j which had...